Ohio Revised Code Title LXI. Water Supply Sanitation Ditches § 6133.03

(A) A joint board of county commissioners may do all the things that a board of county commissioners may do in a single county improvement, and shall be governed by and be subject to sections 6131.01 to 6131.64 of the Revised Code, relating to single county ditches insofar as applicable.

(B) Except as otherwise provided for in this chapter, a petition for a joint county improvement shall proceed before the joint board of county commissioners the same as if the joint board were a board of county commissioners representing a county that included all the territory of all the counties represented by the commissioners on the joint board, except as otherwise modified in accordance with this chapter.

(C) The cost of a joint county improvement shall be paid by the counties affected by such improvement, in proportion to their total drainage assessments, or as otherwise apportioned by the joint board, for such improvement. To meet its portion of such cost, a board of county commissioners may borrow such sums of money as are apportioned to the county, and may issue and sell the bonds of the county to secure the payment of the principal and interest of the sum borrowed. Such principal and interest shall be paid as provided in section 133.26 of the Revised Code.

(D) All owners affected by the proceedings for a joint county improvement shall have all the rights and remedies given them in the case of single county improvements. All rights of appeal and all other rights or remedies as provided in Chapter 6131. of the Revised Code apply to joint county improvements.